Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Tonight's Sky for July 22: Moon Meets the Bull's Horns

Tonight, the Moon
will be in a very unique place: right between the horns of a cosmic
bull. Tonight, the Moon will move directly into the Zodiac
constellation of Taurus the bull, more specifically, between its
horns.

To
see the sight, go out and look East in the predawn sky before the sky
starts to brighten. The Moon, of course, will be impossible to miss.
Moon found, look for a sideways 'V' of stars, the Hyades star
cluster, which represent the base of the bull's horns. Extending the
lines of the 'V' out, you will run into a pair of stars of roughly
2nd magnitude (though on opposite ends of the scale) that
signal the end of the horns.